Can a
healthy teenager take Coenzyme Q10 supplementation to boost energy
levels, increase concentration and enhance attention in high school?
Thanks

Nadine

Answer:

Dear
Nadine,

Coenzyme
Q10 (Co-Q10) is a powerful antioxidant primarily found in fish and
meat, that helps protect the body from the damaging effects of free
radicals, and also helps to preserve vitamin E - another important
antioxidant.

Researchers
at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center assessed CoQ10 levels
among more than 1,500 children and adolescents visiting a neurology
clinic due to frequent headaches.

Those with low CoQ10 levels were started on a program of CoQ10 supplementation.
Their subsequent headaches and CoQ10 levels were monitored.

The researchers
found that Coenzyme Q10 supplementation may prevent migraine headaches
in those who are deficient in this nutrient.

A deficiency
of CoQ10 imperils the performance of the heart at any age.

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